Type writing machine



'(No Model.) v I A. B. REID. TYPE WRITINQMAGHINE. No. 415,063. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

Alt'llll'lt Ii. RICH), OI (Ill(.\(l('), ILLINOIS.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,063, dated November 12, 18 89.

Application filed January 19, 1889. Serial No. 296,909. (No model.)

I at Chicago, in the county of (ookand Staleol' Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in lype-\\'riting .\Iachines. of which the following is a specification.

In operatinga type-writing machine the operators are-frequently compelled to use eraser-sandpencils, and it is an indisputable fact that considerable time is wasted in taking such articles from the places where they are usually kept andin replacing the-same.

Type-writing machines as constructed prior to my invention are usually arranged upon stands or tables; but, in view of the fact that the spaces of said stands'or tables both to the right and to the left of the type-writing machines are used for manuscripts and copies, it has been common with operators to keep such articles as erasers and pencils either within a drawer under the top of the stand or at some other rather remote point.v

The object of my invention is to avoid unnecessary delay in the work of copying upon type-writing machines, to provide means whereby lead-pencils, erasers, and the like may be within ready and convenient reach of the operator, and to provide certain improved "details of construction; as hereinafter set forth.

My invention may be applied to any or all constructions of type-writing machines, but will be readily understood from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein I have selected the frame-work or body-frame of two different styles of type-writing. machines, the one being commonly known as the Remington and the other as the ealigraph. To the body-frame of either of said styles of typewriting machine or to the body-frame of other known or suitable constructions of type-writcrs I apply a rack or holder mainly adapted for lead-pencils and erasers, but preferably further adapted for holding other articles, such, for example, as paper-fasteners, rubber bands, and other similar aiticles or stationery commonly used by the operators on type-writing machines. The precise location of said rack or holder, which may be termed .niachine or with the free use of theoperatons hands in operating the keys.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective the main or body frame of'a style of machine commonly known as the Rem- 'ington with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 represents myinvcntion appliedto the main or body frame of a type-writing machine commonlyknown as the caligraph, which said frame is shown in perspective. Fig. 3 represents in perspective a stationeryrack adapted for application to a type-writing machine and embodying certain features of my improvement.

In Fig. l, A indicates the bodyframe of a type-writing machine provided with a stationery-rack B, which said rack is arranged in a vertical position snbstan tiallyhetween the two front posts or standards a. The rack B thus arranged in a Remington machine will be back of the set of keys, which, as is well known, are arranged within the space a at the front of the machine. \Vhile said rack can be supported in various ways, a simple and convenient way of attaching it to the machine will be to provide said rack with spring clips or fingers (1, which can be caught upon the horizontal bara that extends from one to the other of the said front posts a.

The rack I as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, consists of a sheet-metal plate I), which is bent along its lower edge portion, as 0 so as to provide a trough If. vided by partitions Ir into several compartments, and may also have end plates Ifg'so as to complete the two end compartments and prevent matters from ('lropping out. Said compartments may be used for containing paper-fasteners, rubber bands, pins, and the like. The plate I) is also provided with one or more shelves or troughs I), which maybe closed at either end and employed for holding pencils, erasers, and the like. The spring- Said trough can be diconveniently take articles from the rack and also replace them in the rack after use, said ack will in no wise interfere with the free increment of the arms and hands of the typewriter.

From the foregoing description the prineiples of myinvention will be readily understooil, and it will he understood without further illustration that in certain old construe tions of type-writing machines the racks B may be properly and conveniently applied to the side of the machine in place of being arranged at the front thereof, as herein illustrated.

So far as I am aware a type-writing machine has never been provided with a stationeryrack, and it will be evident that by my invention the serviceability of the machine will be increased, since great saving in time will be effected. This will be appreciated by type-writers, who so frequently upon striking a wrong letter or misspelling a word stop working the machine and pick up an eraser for the purpose of erasing the misprint in order that the correction may be made by again working the machine so as to typewrite such correction, and on tlie ot-her hand type-writers frequently, in place of making such correction by erasure, make the same.

take the place olithree end plates, such as herein shown.

The rack B can be provided with troughs or compartments by simply corrugating a piece of sheet metal, and obviously such rack can be readily shaped in outline for other styles of machinesuch, for example, as the Hammond type-writer.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The body-frame of a type-writing ma chine provided with a stationery-rack, as set forth, said rack being arranged with relation to the body-frame of the machine and the keys thereof substantially as described, so as to be within ready reach of an operator who may be working the machine.

2. A stationery-rack fora type-writing machine, consisting of a plate provided with re ceptacles such as set forth and adapted for application to the body-frame of a type-writing machine, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The herein -described stationeryrack provided with shelves and compartments and constructed with the spring-fingers 1), substantially as and for the purpose described.

ARTHUR n. REID.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. Pace, L. L. PAGE. 

